GM is supporting a Texas congressman’s push to require event data recorders in all vehicles sold in the United States. Event data recorders (EDRs) capture multiple data streams from a vehicle prior to the deployment of air bags. In some cases, EDRs record much more data and (in the case of Nissan...
Sei whale, an endangered species, has been served at a Santa Monica Sushi restaurant called "The Hump." The restaurant is located at the Santa Monica Airport. After an undercover investigation by the pair of women helped film "The Cove" an Academy Award winning documentary, the restaurant has...
Vice President Joe Biden's Israeli trip further shatters the United States' already fragile image. Israeli newspapers captured the sentiment with one word headlines that read "Embarrassment." Biden's week long trip to Israel intended to 'pave the way" for revived Israeli-Palestinian peace talks,...
Amy Victoria Beck, former educator, resigned from her job Friday and then confessed to having sex with a fourteen year old student. The former Social Science and English teacher at the David Starr Jordan School in Burbank, California has turned herself into police. Authorities allege that Beck...
The location where an illegal act transpired or left evidence is called a crime scene. The premises are secured by the police in order for crime scene investigators to collect important physical evidence. If the location is not secured, the evidence may be tampered with and contaminated, making it...
The government is obliged to protect and safeguard the welfare of its people. Thus, governments institute consumer laws to protect the interests of the people. Consumer laws are also known as consumer protection laws and are a form of government regulation expressed as regulations and statutes. A...
During a criminal or civil court case, one party may require access to information privy only to the other party. As such, proceedings are undergone before a trial phase to acquire such information. Thus, a legal discovery is the pre-litigation process that involves the discovering of pertinent...
The military has its own special court to try members of the armed forces or any other individual within the jurisdiction of the armed forces. Such courts are referred to as courts martial, and are ad hoc courts that exist only to try individuals when referred to by the convening authorities. These...
Excessive bail is self-explanatory in that it refers to a defendant or accused party of posting bail in excess of what is required in order to assure the individual’s presence in future court trials with regards to his or her case. In these terms, an excessive bail acts as a guarantee provided by...
Also known as confidential or classified information, a trade secret is any kind of knowledge, whether it is a formula, design, pattern, mix, process, practice, etc., that is not generally known to the public and enables a business to have a competitive advantage over another business or over...
